Norway

ABSTRACT The Global Fund’s partnership with Heineken was a hot topic of conversation the past couple of weeks on blogs and in the Twittersphere. A member of the Global Fund Board from Norway announced that he was opposed to the partnership. “The Norwegian authorities cannot support this type of partnership with an alcohol company. This is not compatible with our development policy,” he said.

ABSTRACT The Global Fund’s partnership with Heineken was a hot topic of conversation the past couple of weeks on blogs and in the Twittersphere. A member of the Global Fund Board from Norway announced that he was opposed to the partnership. “The Norwegian authorities cannot support this type of partnership with an alcohol company. This is not compatible with our development policy,” he said.

ABSTRACT France, Japan, Canada, Norway and China have announced how much they plan to donate to the Global Fund for the three-year period 2011-2013.

ABSTRACT The Global Fund has released a progress report entitled Partners in Impact - Results Report 2007, which reports on the results achieved by the Fund as of the end of 2006.

ABSTRACT Donor countries will meet in Oslo, Norway, next week for the first of two "Replenishment" meetings to discuss how much they might give to the Global Fund for the three years 2008-2010. They will need to consider not only how much the Fund might need, but also how to divide that need between the various donors. GFO summarizes various possible approaches to this question.